Hearing Eric’s words, Qianxun couldn’t help but chuckle, "As long as it worked well. By the way, when are you planning to return to China? I’m taking the flight tomorrow."
She could have stayed abroad for a few more days, but a foreign land was never as good as home. Without Yanzhi here, there was no need for her to stay any longer.
Eric responded with a hint of regret, "This press conference was a great success, so I’ll stay in Milan for a few more days. Do you really have to leave tomorrow? Everyone is quite interested in you; this is your chance."
Hearing this, Qianxun shook her head and said, "No, my chance has already come. Thank you for bringing me here."
"You are my muse, and introducing people to you is the least I could do," Eric said with a smile.
He knew that Qianxun was the type destined to shine brightly, so keeping her behind the scenes was out of the question.
Moreover, as a talented person, she deserved to be recognized by everyone.
Qianxun merely smiled faintly at Eric’s words. Perhaps being a muse was very important to Eric, but while he had inspired her, he had also provided her with an extensive network. In fact, she felt she owed Eric a bit more.
But soon, Qianxun said to Eric, "In the future, I will definitely become famous all over the world. Don’t worry, I won’t let your connections go to waste."
Eric burst into laughter upon hearing this.
But his laughter was short-lived.
Just then, Lu Zheng came over with a joyful expression, "Hahahaha, Ergouzi, your real name has been exposed in China! Hahahaha, I’m dying of laughter! Now everyone knows you’re Li Gousheng!"
At that, the smile on Eric’s face instantly petrified.
After a long moment, he stiffly turned to Lu Zheng and asked, "What did you say?"
It was impossible. Why would his name be exposed?
He had just managed to change that embarrassing name!
"Don’t believe it? Look, netizens are now using your memes to mock you!" Things like a snobbish pose with a pinched finger, and phrases like "I, Gousheng, fear nothing."
Eric’s mood was in shambles, as the joy from winning a gold award and hosting a successful solo show evaporated with the revelation of his real name!
He wore an almost furiously determined expression as he logged onto the domestic Haijiao Forum and indeed, next to posts related to his name, appeared a big "Exposed" tag.
"Damn it, if I find out who’s smearing me, I’ll make sure they pay!"
And upon clicking further into the posts, Eric completely fell apart.
Because there was also a disclosed photo of him as a child with a braided ponytail!
Because he was frail as a child, his family had given him the cheap name Gousheng to help raise him better and, following tradition, had left a braided ponytail. After his mother finished her postnatal care, she went to work with his father, so it was his grandmother who took him to register his household. She simply stated his name as Gousheng, a quite common name in rural areas at the time, so the police station staff registered it without a second thought. After all, who could have predicted that he would become a renowned designer?
Thus, this shameful name followed him for over a decade until just before his college entrance examination, when he finally managed to change his name to Li Sheng.
Qianxun hadn’t expected that Eric had such a lowly name, but it was fairly common in ancient times, so unlike Lu Zheng, she didn’t show any amusement, just feeling that it was nothing extraordinary.